Blogs from Moonta Bay, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

We have spent today exploring the ‘Copper Triangle’ made up of the towns of Wallaroo, Kadina and Moonta. We started in Wallaroo with a photo of the old town hall while we waited for Cathy and Steve to have their tyre fixed. Punctured tyres are becoming a bit of a theme? On our last joint road trip to NSW it was our car that had a slow leak and needed a repair in Coffs Harbour. With both vehicles good to go we made our way to Kadina looking for some more water tower art. We were approaching the Aldi and I joked to Bernie about whether we should pop in to see if there were any good specials left from Wednesday. Next thing I know he is turning into the Aldi car park and I’m saying ... read more

Moonta bay, situated on the western shores of the Yorke Peninsula, in South Australia is a place I'd recommend if you are on a low budget. The road trip took place from my hometown of Whyalla, South Australia a 3.5 hour car journey. This was one of two places that I stayed at whilst visiting the Yorke Peninsula. Arriving on the Friday 1st July 2016 in my Holden commodore my first port of call was the bakery, which is on the main street. I stopped to have lunch there and was quite impressed with the quality of the meat pie and cream bun, which are all made on site. After about half an hour I drove 10 mins to the caravan, where I set up my swag. The swag only took 5 minutes to set up, ... read more

After a good nights sleep in a very basic room at the only pub in town we once agaon set up camp for the week. The caravan park is of course packed to the rafters, but the facilities are quite good. It is right on the waterfront and in the heart of the town. Even though it was Good Friday, everything but the pub was open, so we stocked up on food. It was quite a sunny, warm day, probably only the second good day we have had in South Australia. For those who may be confused; Geoffrey is the GPS, Terry is the tablet, Bruce is the trailer and of course we have Heidi the BMW and Henry the Hyosung.... read more

Sunday 23rd May 2010 Moonta, Australia's Little Cornwall, was our destination today, this being an area where Judy believes her ancestors were in the 1800s. It is approximately 165 kilometres north-west of Adelaide, in the upper Yorke Peninsula region and the copper mines in the area were the reason miners were there, copper being found in 1861. The tag Little Cornwall came about as most of the early miners were of Cornish descent, this applying to Judy's family ties. The town now has many buildings under the National Trust and these may be seen as you drive down the main streets of the town. Just on the outskirts of the town there are some miners cottages preserved and furnished in the Cornish pre-1900 period as well as a sweet shop built in 1946 (a very good ... read more